Shoe-positioning device fob skates



Jan. 5,1926. 1,568,264

J. A. BRIED SHOE POSITIONING DEVICE FOR SKATES Filed Oct. 27, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I INVENTOR.

...?amo 5 i926. JLA. BRIED SHOE Posrnomne DEVICE FOR SKATES Filed Oct. 27, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 5, i926.

canes stares J'ULIEN A. BRIE-D, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE-POSITIONING DEVICE FOR SKATES.

Application field October 27, 1921. Serial No. 510,773.

To all to 7mm it may concern Be it known that LJULIEN A. BRIED, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State ofQCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Shoe-Positioning Device for Skates, of which the following is a specification, and which is illustrated in'the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to skates as used children and youths for pleasure and exercise, either ice skates or roller skates, but particularly roller skates with handles of the improved form shown in Figures 1 and 2 of my former application for United States Patent filed April 13th, 1921, Serial No. 461,048. g

It has for its principal object an improved shoe positioning device to take the place of the toe and heel clips shown in my former applicatiomand make it easier for a child to step on and oil of such skates, particularly to step ott' in case of emergency even while in motion at considerable speed.

In the drawing accompanying this application Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my improved roller skates, described in my former application above mentioned, and it is here shown fitted with my new shoe positioning device.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a modification of the adjusting and securing means of my shoe positioning device, also showing a shoe guard for the other side of the shoe.

Figure 3 is an elevation of Figure 2. All parts in the several views having similar functions are numbered similarly.

In the drawing Fig. 1, the body shell of the skate is shown at 1, and the rollers are indicated at 2. At 3 is shown the lower flat portion of the skate handle which is pivoted to the body at the other end of the pivot bolt 4 and is free to oscillate between the retaining strap 13 and the outside of the skate body.

On top of the body where the riders foot is placed is shown at 5 my improved shoe positioning device adjustably secured to the body by means of the screws 6-6 which pass through slots in the body dotted at 7-7 and engage the nuts 88 beneath.

The position of the riders shoe when upon the skate is between the fiat portion of the handle 3 and the device 5, the device being curvedly formed at 9 to fit against the concave side of the arch of the shoe (the skate pictijred in this drawing being for the right .oot

The device also has at 10 a set of points to engage the forward edge of the heel of the riders shoe, though for very young childrens shoes having spring heels this feature may be omitted.

It will. be seen that this device is much simpler than the toe and heel clips shown in my former patent application mentioned and in practice is found to perform the required function much better.

In Figures 2 and 3 is shown a modification of the securing means of the adjustable shoe positioning device 5 which dispenses with the screws 6 shown in Figure 1 and the necessity of using a screwdriver, and it consists in riveting the device 5 by means of shoulder rivets 6-6 to a retaining plate 8 under the skate shell so that it is firm on the skate yet free to slide with the plate for adjustment in the slots 77 in the body.

On one edge of the retaining plate 8 are formed small teeth 12, and pivotally riveted to the under side of the body at 14 is a look ing plate 15 also having teeth 16 formed on it to engage the teeth of the retaining plate aforesaid and to hold it and the device 5 in adjusted position.

The locking plate has an end 17 extended through the shell for manipulation. The slot 19 through which this end protrudes has an offset as shown in Figure 3 so that the locking plate may be depressed at the end by springing it downwards with the fingers and then moved to the right to disengage the teeth so that the positioning device 5 can be adjusted for different widths of shoes, after which the locking plate is returned to the position shown in the drawing to firmly secure the device 5 in place.

At 20 in Figures 2 and 3 is shown an auxiliary plate riveted between the handle retaining and uiding strap 13 and the skate body, to afford a side support for the outside of the shoe so that the handle in oscillating back and forth in riding will not rub against the shoe, thereby permitting the handle to swing freely and thus making the skate easier to ride.

The shoe positioning device shown in Figures 2 and 3 is shown fitted to a skate for the left foot and should be reversed or right handed for the other foot.

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I claim:

1. In skate, a shoe receiving portion, means for positioning the outer side of a shoe thereon, a stop adjustable transversely of the skate for engaging the inner side of the shoe, and a latch'co-operating with a portion of said stop for holding it in adjusted position.

2. In a skate with a handle pivoted at the side thereof, a fixed plate between said handle and the skate body to support the outer side of a riders shoe, anda device, adjustable transversely of the skate body, formed to fit against the side of the arch of the shoe.

3. In a skate, a foot support, an upwardly extending handle adapted to be gripped by a rider on said skate, said handle being pivoted to the skate at the outer side thereof, a plate fixed to the skate between said handle and the outer side of the riders foot to position the outer side of the shoe, and a transversely adjustable stop for the inner side of the shoe.

4-. In a skate, a foot support, an upwardly extending handle adapted to be gripped by a ricer on said skate, said handle being pivoted to the skate at the outer side there of, a side stop fixed to the skate between said handle and the outer side of the riders foot to position the outer side of the shoe on the support, and a stop co-operating with said side stop for the inner side of the shoe.

5. In a juvenile vehicle, a foot supporting body, and a shoe positioning device thereon formed to lie against the inner concave side of the arch of the shoe.

6. In a skate embracing a footsupporting body, means for positioning a riders shoe thereon embracing a device formed to lie against theconcave side of the arch of the shoe, said device having an extension adapted to enga e the forward edge of the heel.

7. In a skate embracing a foot supporting body with a handle for holding the body to the foot of a rider without being otherwise secured thereto, a stop for positioning the outer side of the riders shoe on .the body against outward displacement, and a co-operating stop adapted to lie against the inner side of the shoe having an. extension 'iidapted to engage the front edge of the reel.

8. In a skate embracing a foot supporting bodywith a handle forholding the, body to the foot of a rider without being otherwise secured thereto, a stop for positioning the outer side of a riders shoe on the body against outward displacement, and a c0- operating stop adapted to lie against the inner side of the shoe having an extension with teeth formed thereon adapted to engage the front edge of the heel.

9. A roller skate comprising a foot re- JULIEN A. BRIED. 

